If anybody has any S3T pannier bits they don't want - I am need of some.

The top latch pulls have given up the ghost.

Failing which I'll have to make some in metal.

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Sold my panniers a while back but the catches on them were aftermarket anyway. All i have left is mounting frame etc.

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1998 Buell S1
1998 Buell S3T

Try some of the wire and plastic 'over centre' catches that are used ski boots or hard plastic rifle cases.

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badweb, in the old school section, including the section for S2's, has some very nice solutions for latches, including some extra-secure ones (after having some S2 owners' cases fly open on the motorway ). http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/47623/559126.html

A thread about hte updates to the S3T bag latch parts - surely made now of Unobtanium, but you never know:
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/47623/380039.html

Al Lighton (ASB owner)'s "S3T saddlebag repair" thread is also useful, if the bags themselves need some reinforcing:
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/3842/34032.html

You can search threads in Old School section - I got these from "S2 bag latch" or "S3 bag latch."

HTH.

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My guess is that it's also a rare form of aforesaid material - as it was such cruddy quality that even the Chinese have refused to use it.

As luck would have it - It seems a Weaver sight rail adapts readily. And again, as luck would have it - I have some Russian rail stock sat idle. Maybe we can do a "how To" from the experience

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Mikhail would be proud

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One tries - but it's getting harder to be innovative.

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